Garry Kitchen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Garry Kitchen
Occupation	Video Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1958(1958-08-18)
Age	66
Birthplace	Washington
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Garry Kitchen Biography

Garry Kitchen is one of the most popular and richest Video Game Designer who was born on August 18, 1958 in Washington, United States.

Kitchen received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ (1980). Before his video game career, Kitchen developed electronic toys at Wickstead Design Associates, in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey. In 1979, Kitchen was an engineer on Wildfire, a handheld electronic game distributed by Parker Brothers. After Wildfire, in 1982, Kitchen co- invented the handheld electronic game Bank Shot, a pool simulation also distributed by Parker Brothers. Bank Shot was named one of the Ten Best Toys of 1980 by OMNI Magazine. Kitchen was awarded U.S. Patent #4,346,982 “Electronic Pool Game”, for Bank Shot.

Kitchen was President/CEO of Absolute Entertainment from 1986-1995. In 1995, Kitchen and his longtime business partner David Crane founded Skyworks Technologies, an early Internet game company which created Candystand.com and pioneered the category of online advergames. Kitchen and Crane sold controlling interest in Skyworks in 2007, and left the company in September 2009.

Garry Kitchen Net Worth

Garry Kitchen is one of the richest Video Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Garry Kitchen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Garry Kitchen (born August 18, 1955 in Washington, D.C., United States) is a video game designer, programmer, and executive best known for developing games for the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as co-founding Absolute Entertainment with ex-Activision developers. His port of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 was a major hit for Coleco, selling over a million copies. His other 2600 work includes Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker for Activision and Space Jockey for US Games. He also wrote Garry Kitchen’s Gamemaker and The Designer’s Pencil for the Commodore 64.

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Facts & Trivia

G-Dragon Ranked on the list of most popular Video Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Garry Kitchen celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Garry Kitchen

1. Garry Kitchen is an American video game designer.
2. He co-founded the game development company, Activision.
3. Kitchen designed popular games such as Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker.
4. He won a Clio Award for his work on BurgerTime’s advertising campaign.
5. Kitchen also worked on the Atari 2600 port of Donkey Kong.
6. He developed The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants for NES.
7. Kitchen was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame in 2016.
8. He has been credited with creating innovative gameplay mechanics and concepts.
9. Kitchen continues to work in the gaming industry today as a consultant and developer.
10. His contributions have had a significant impact on the history of video games.